why is their fluoride in our tap water and dental products? What is the logic behind this? Â

why is their fluoride in our tap water and dental products? What is the logic behind this?  

answers 0:What benefits does fluoride have in being in our water? I've heard of many cons so what is it's true purposeanswers 1:Fluoride prevents cavities by penetrating the teeth, making tooth enamel denser and stronger. Too much fluoride can cause a condition called fluorosis -- excess build up on the teeth, causing slight surface deformations, and brown staining. Fluorosis is not caused by excess application to the teeth, but the result of ingestion of fluoride, and the pro-fluoride side will argue that a child has to consume a great deal of fluoride in order to suffer from fluorisis (and often the argument is that young children will eat toothpaste and must be watched to prevent this).Fluorisis, in the extreme, can affect the body as a well, particularly! the bonesFluoride has -- like childhood vaccinations, and gluten -- become one of the monsters under the bed, and there have been huge anti-fluoride lobbies popping up all over Canada and the U.S. In certain cities fluoride has been removed from the drinking water, and it has not been long for the cavity rates amoung children to skyrocket....answers 2:because the addition of fluoride in the 50s is the reason why this is the first generation of elderly who are not in need of total denturesanswers 3:They began putting fluoride in our water because it was too expensive at the time to create the atom bomb, which uses fluoride. They began selling it into our water supply.answers 4:I love the best answer but remain unconvinced by the conspiracy theory. Over many years anti-fluoridationists have vociferously opposed the addition of fluoride to drinking water with many more teeth suffering decay if the process was delayed or prevented.answers 5:MONEY! The government needed to hav! e fluoride be useful as they were facing lawsuits from damages! from the testing of the atomic bomb (Manhattan Project). Alcoa needed a way to dispose of their toxic waste. It was Alcoa scientists who decided that it was good for teeth. If fluoride really worked then why are we still getting cavities?answers 6:Official Answer: Prevent tooth decayConspiracy Theory Answer: Mind ControlYou decide...answers 7:Fluoride prevents cavities in teeth. People living in cities with fluoridated water have very few cavities in their teeth.